techniques

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refers to a selection of words
word choice
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informal language
colloquial language
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an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal pr primary meaning
connotations
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words that sounds like their meaning
onomatopoeia
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repetition of the same letter at the beginning of the word
alliteration
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synonym for picture
imagery
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a direct comparison that doesn't use like or as
metaphor
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a comparison using like or as
simile
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giving human characteristics to a non human inanimate object
personification
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repeating word choice
repetition
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play on words which has a humorous effect
pun
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figure of speech, intended meaning is different
irony
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differences between two objects
contrast
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a phrase of two or more words with contrasting meaning
oxymoron
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the writer transfers there feeling onto someone or something else
transferred epithet
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the continuation of a sentence without punctuation
caesura
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exaggeration for dramatic effect
hyperbole
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informal language

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colloquial language

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an idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal pr primary meaning

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Card 4

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words that sounds like their meaning

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Card 5

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repetition of the same letter at the beginning of the word

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